Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Jewelry through the Ages: Christie's Jewelry Auctions

As if I don't already have enough research to do for my own work/school, I seem to enjoy finding more and more things to obsessively pore over...lately, I have been interested in learning more about antique jewelry, and I have discovered that auction websites are a great way to find out information and peruse beautiful images of all manner of gorgeous bobbles from bygone eras. If you are blessed with having more money than God, you can buy practically any kind of jewelry (from antiquity to present day) at Christie's Auction House. I love looking through their online catalogs and pondering over which time period produced my favorite jewelry styles. I have not come to any decision, though I do tend to be partial to Art Nouveau and Art Deco. They are all so special -- which do you prefer?

Christie's recently sold a huge lot of ancient jewelry [2nd and 3rd century B.C.]. It somehow seems so modern:

Belle Epoque Jewelry [1910's]. Filled with diamonds and very girly and ethereal:

Milla -- That is an amazing gift. Actually, some of the older jewelry is not even that expensive surprisingly...well, several thousand dollars, but people spend that much on an ugly diamond ring, LOL. I would rather have something with some history!

I love art deco and art nouveau. The second and third nouveau pieces are my favorite. I love those ladies in their bathing caps. Ever since seeing "The Duchess," I've been interested in late-18th century stuff. It's very beautiful.

what lovely pieces!! I love looking at auction catalogues too, like christie's and Sothebuy's. I cannot imagine myself buying any of them, but just looking at them makes me sigh....hopefully I'll get a bit more rich someday and will be able to get one or two of these for myself ;)